World Cup - Delish

[malaise]

Beautiful France - to the final.
Turns out the star of this World Cup is a 19 year old French born African- Kylian Mbappe. Kylian will be a very popular name.
Remember to point that out to Don the Con Mr Macron.

[rufus dog]

1. We both got this one right

Tomorrow will be for the "Malaise DU World Cup Championship"

Because I have England and you have Croatia, with both of us having France as the champ.

And Mbappe is going to be a BEAST for years to come.

[malaise]

3. Love it

On to the next match - I'm drunk from football and tennis. Retirement is fun

Did you see that someone associated with the Croatian team's. management was sent home for posting that they had to beat Russia because of Ukraine. The Russians reported it to FIFA.

[rufus dog]

11. That is B.S.

Friggen Snowflake Russians.

[HipChick]

2. I'm calling it now...England V France for the final

It will bring out all kinds of old rivalry

and there are several generations of Winrush Generation playing on the England team..

England for the win..

[Applan]

4. Yes

I'd love to see an England France final. What a match that would be. And of course an England win!

[malaise]

6. A France win for me

[suffragette]

16. Allez les Bleus!

France for me, too.

[beveeheart]

22. Moi aussi!

[malaise]

5. Many folks from the Caribbean are on the England team but not all are descendants of Windrush folks

I haven't supported England because of the Windrush mess.

[HipChick]

10. True....But I am biased..

England and my 3 Lions tomorrow...

I'm predicting I need to take a sick day tomorrow, so I can watch the game..

I will be sick if I don't know what is happening..

[rufus dog]

12. I was going to say you are looking a bit under the weather

Are you walking around the office coughing? Running to the bathroom every 15 minutes? Sell it today.

[malaise]

15. My English cousins feel the same way

Good luck

[Still In Wisconsin]

7. Football's coming home!

It's England for me!

[Hav]

8. He is indeed a fantastic player, without a doubt

I would prefer less acting from him though which could be seen not only in this game. He can be one of the greatest, making a name for himself. He wouldn't want the reputation of a second Neymar.
I'm hoping for a France-Croatia final.

Also, I wish more would follow your lead and not spoil it by putting the result in the title.

[malaise]

20. It would be fascinating because of that 1966 controversial goal

Since it took FIFA 52 years to use VAR

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[BeyondGeography]

9. And the winner is...IMMIGRATION!

Christ, what a tense game. I’m just now coming down. Faut comprendre que je suis fanatique des Bleus depuis 1982 (been rooting for France since ‘82 when I was a student there).

Everything is coming together for France. I think that was the real championship game but we’ll see.

[malaise]

17. Was a lovely game

And you know Belgium had way more possessions.

[BeyondGeography]

21. Once France got the lead they went into rope-a-dope mode

Great adjustment by them in the first half. Hazard was torching them down the wing and they channeled everything to the center after that. From the 25-minute mark on Belgium were far less dangerous.

[syringis]

13. Yep, we lost but I REALLY don't care !

Because my officials behaved wonderfully

And it will triple down the pig's frustration !

First : his cheap welcoming

Second : French team has many black players. Some are born-Africans

Third : I'm sure he thinks he has been disrespected, or to the least not welcomed the proper way, due to a losing team which faced a team full of black players from "shitholes" countries !

[malaise]

19. It's all good

[mcar]

14. France well outplayed Belgium

I have to miss tomorrow's match bc of work.

[Goodheart]

18. I don't like soccer, but I like the World Cup

So I watch... and even though nothing significant happens for 95 minutes the one shot that by happenstance finds the inside of the net relieves the monotony and sets off some wild celebrations that are fun to watch.

My biggest gripe about the game: it's too crowded. I've always thought that if each side had 10 instead of 11 players there would be more breaks, more goalie saves, and scores in the 4-3 rather 2-1 range... more to cheer, in other words.